dock where the storm pushed up water from the bay, pounding the town from all sides, sandbags were no defense. the severe flooding here at mackey'bay side bar and grill. i'm standing in water almost up to my knees. this is right off 54th street. and the parking lot and the bay pretty much become one at this point. the town's landmark fishing pier, perhaps the biggest low. half of it is gone. washed away by the constant beating of the monster waves. >> and basically what happened is the pilings on the outer position of the pier began to buckle under the stress of the wave action it was receiving. as they began to buck, one, two, three they lost a number of pilings and they began to fall. >> the storm surge broke over the sea wall, dumping water and piles of sand on the board walk. iron fences buckled under the powerful waves. it ripped up fences bolted to the board walk, dumping them into the street. along with that fishing pier, another landmark, a gazebo off of sayer's island peer, was also destroyed. completely. so that gone. i want to mention that from 62nd street all the way down to the i